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Last Update: 10-09-2025

SA Labour News

Nehawu to strike on 26 November over Tito Mboweni and Treasury ‘peeing on collective bargaining’

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nehawu80The Citizen reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has confirmed that it is planning to carry out a national day of action on 26 November to protest against the government’s decision to freeze public-sector wage increases.  

Mkhize wants security at hospital tightened

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Zweli MkhizeThe Citizen reports that Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has lamented instances of murder, attempted rape and patients assaulting staff at healthcare facilities.  

ConCourt clarifies rights of employers to amend employment conditions if required for company to continue functioning

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ConCourtMail & Guardian reports that a recent Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judgment empowers employers to change their workers’ employment conditions if the further functioning of a company requires this and, should workers refuse the changes, they may be dismissed without severance.  

Umdoni municipal officials cashed in on ‘danger pay for Covid-19’

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UmdoniMail & Guardian reports that the ANC’s KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial executive committee has axed Umdoni mayor Thabani Dube and the municipality’s chief whip, Bonginkosi Mngadi, after it discovered that officials claimed “danger pay” for working during SA’s hard Covid-19 lockdown.  

Unisa academics allegedly 'hacked, stabbed' in bloody clash with union leaders

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ApsaCity Press reports that academics and union leaders at the University of SA (Unisa) are embroiled in rivalry believed to have led to an incident in which senior lecturer Dr Rendani Netanda and two others were allegedly assaulted, hacked and stabbed.